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9/11The Indo-Sumerian Seals Deciphered
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- 1925
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- Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0
- Topics
- Amorites, Aryans, Assyrians, Austine, Barats, Brahman, Buddhist, Daxa, Edin, Erek, Ganges, Goths, Gutim, Hercules, Hittites, Indara, Indo-Europeans, Indus, Khatti, King-lists, L. A. Waddell, Mesopotamia, Phoenicians, Saint Michael, Sind, Sumer, Syria, Ur, Vedas, Waddell
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- Language
- English
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- 153.2M
[*] aka "Indo-Europeans".
"I am also at variance with both general and expert opinion as regards the nature and causes of the so-called 'Higher Civilization.' I take the phrase to mean, not, as a visitor to the earth from Mars might suppose, aeroplanes and motors, telephones and wireless, athletics and gambling, trashy books, novels and newspapers, and a religion based largely on myths and rechauffes of the rites and superstitions of savages; but briefly, art, science and a healthy contented populace."
--p.xv
Notes
Published 1925 Luzac & Co., London W.C., copyright expired (author: L.A Waddell / Laurence Austine Waddell (1854–1938)). Waddell was a Contributor to ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 1909, and to HASTING'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF RELIGION AND ETHICS, 1908-1921.
"... Of extraordinary interest from its historical, literary, linguistic, and religious suggestions, and even the non-expert reader may be captivated by its glimpses of 'the dark backward abysm of time'. " -- Glasgow Herald.
"A contribution to Ancient History which students cannot afford to ignore." -- Inquirer.
"We think the Sumerian-Aryan inter-connection is a promising hypothesis." -- Quest
"Stimulating and thought-provoking to a degree ... deserves special attention in India." -- Hindustan Review.
See also: PRESTON, Christine: 'The Rise of Man in the Gardens of Sumeria: A Biography of L.A. Waddell' (2009)
